Decoration of the New Year's table

The symbol of the coming year is white metallicrabbit. This must be taken into account when decorating the New Year's table, because each symbol of the year according to the Eastern calendar corresponds to its own color and element. For example, colors of 2011 - white, yellow, silver and golden, and element - metal. However, if these colors do not fit into the overall color scheme and style of your interior, it is better to abandon them or limit them to only small elements.

To beat the two colors, you can put on a New Year's table two tablecloths - for example, white and golden. White tablecloth should be a little more in size, it directly covers the festive table. And a square golden tablecloth of a smaller area is piled above, a diamond.

As the element of the rabbit is metal, the New Year table can be decorated with beautiful and stylish metal candlesticks and figurines of the symbol of the coming year (Rabbit, Cat or Hare), made of white metal. That these figurines do not look lonely, you can decorate them with confetti, tinsel, "rain" or sparkles.

From the dishes it is best to give preference china ware with a thin gold or silver rim and silver cutlery. Glasses for drinks can be painted by special paints, decorated with New Year's motifs and patterns.

Traditional decoration of the New Year's table is Wreaths and compositions from the branches of coniferous trees. They can be bought in the store, and you can doown hands. To make a wreath or composition, you can use fir or pine branches, artificial flowers, Christmas balls (better unbreakable) and satin ribbons. The finished composition is placed in a beautiful glass vase and put in the center of the table.

Since Rabbit loves fruits, you can put in the center of the table a large vase with fruit. Effectively look glass and crystalvases. It is best to put apples, lemons, mandarins and oranges in a vase on the eve of the year of the Rabbit. You can decorate the center of the table with a funny bouquet of fresh carrots - a rabbit will certainly appreciate it! Or you can try your hand at carving - cutting out various figures from fruits and vegetables.

Fabric napkins that rely on each guest can be intercepted using special rings. These rings can be done with their own hands,cutting out a figure of a rabbit made of thick paper with a stencil, folding it into a ring and gluing it together. Now many stationery stores sell double-sided multi-colored cardboard - there is even silver and gold. The main thing is to wait for the glue to dry completely, otherwise you can stain a snow-white napkin.

What New Year's table without candles? To design a New Year's table you can use a variety of candles - high and low, narrow and wide. Now in souvenir shops offer a wide range of diverse decorative candles (gel and paraffin) and originalcandlesticks. It is best to take two-colored candles - white-silver and white-gold. Florescent candles look very impressive. They are carefully placed on the surface of water, poured into a wide flat vase, and dried flower petals emerge on the surface of the water.

Of course, the best decoration of the New Year's table is holiday dishes, not only delicious, but also beautiful. If you decide to make a salad, lay it out in the shape of a rabbit. Ordinary salads such as "Olivier" can be laid out ina voluminous figure, making a rabbit ears of vegetables and eyes from olives. And puffed salads such as "Mimosa" are easier to lay out in the form of a flat figure. If you are feeding a cookie to the New Year's table - bake it in the form of rabbits, bunnies and kittens, it's very easy to get the appropriate cookie molds. Chocolate figure of a rabbit can decorate a New Year's cake.

These are just a few ideas for decorating the New Year's table. Each housewife contributes something to the decoration of the festive table, and at each mistress it turns out unique!